Vulnerability advisory
GHSA-pgm4-439c-5jp6
Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action Pack debug exceptions
Also known as CVE-2026-33167
Severity
- CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U
Affected versions
| Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|
8.1.0 to before 8.1.2.1 | 8.1.2.1Advisories → |
Description
Impact
The debug exceptions page does not properly escape exception messages. A carefully crafted exception message could inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript into the page, leading to XSS. This affects applications with detailed exception pages enabled (config.consider_all_requests_local = true), which is the default in development.
Releases
The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.
Credit
This issue was responsibly reported by Hackerone researcher fbettag.
References
- Webgithub.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-pgm4-439c-5jp6 ↗
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33167 ↗
- Webgithub.com/rails/rails/commit/6752711c8c31d79ba50d13af6a6698a3b85415e0 ↗
- Packagegithub.com/rails/rails ↗
- Webgithub.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.2.1 ↗
- Webgithub.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2026-33167.yml ↗